Well,
I'd be doggone if I wouldn't work all day,
baby.
And I'd be doggone if I didn't bring you pay,
baby.
But if I ever caught you running around,
throwing my money all over this town,
then I wouldn't be doggone.
I'd be long gone.
No, I wouldn't be doggone.
I'd be long gone.
I'd be long gone.
Well,
I'd be doggone
if you weren't a pretty thing, baby.
And I'd be doggone if you ain't warm as a breath of spring,
baby.
But if we lived to be 100 years old,
if you ever let that spring turn cold,
then I wouldn't be doggone.
I'd be long gone.
No, I wouldn't be doggone.
I'd be long gone.
I'd be long gone.
Well, did you hear me?
Well, now what I say?
Please believe me.
I'm the girl that wants your tribe
to be whatever man wants her to be.
And I don't want much,
but I want from you,
just for you to be true to me.
But I'd be doggone
if love ain't a man's best friend, baby.
And I'd be doggone if you weren't the love in my hand,
baby.
And though I know you make me feel like nobody could,
if I ever found out that you're no good,
then I wouldn't be doggone.
I'd be long gone.
I'd be long gone.
No, I wouldn't be doggone.
I'd be long gone.
I'd be long gone.